Pei Qian’s gaze swept over the second half of the report, word by word.

After finishing it, Pei Qian blinked in bewilderment, looked out the window, and then carefully read the report from beginning to end again.

According to the report, all of this originated from… Lin Wan!

It seemed Huang Sibo couldn’t escape responsibility either!

But it was hard to say that the blame belonged to any one person…

Huang Sibo had no intention of promoting or advertising Sea Fortress. He just felt that after Sea Fortress launched, they should quickly develop the next phase of the development plan and modification proposal, so he wanted to find some test players to gather feedback.

However, because Sea Fortress had so few players and Huang Sibo had no connections, he could only ask for help from members of the design team.

As it happened, Lin Wan had previously been responsible for connecting with influential FPS players when she worked at Tianhua Studio!

So Lin Wan recommended Sea Fortress to these people, asking them to try it out.

Due to its excellent quality, Sea Fortress sparked an enthusiastic response among these players, especially the story mode, which received overwhelming praise!

Chen Sha and others quickly had a “true love” moment and began frantically recruiting people in their groups for the 888-yuan Fire Qilin!

At first, Chen Sha looked down on the Fire Qilin, thinking it was just a flashy toy for the wealthy. He considered himself a high-end professional player who didn’t need such things.

But after getting his hands on it, he realized it was truly wonderful!

As a unique weapon, it wasn’t about the attributes—it was about face!

When you pulled out your Fire Qilin in a room full of people, everyone immediately gathered around to worship you!

Moreover, the Fire Qilin could add experience for everyone in the room, so people with Fire Qilins were extremely popular!

After Chen Sha got his Fire Qilin, he became the center of attention wherever he went. This feeling… was quite addictive!

Others also tried desperately to recruit people to get their own Fire Qilins. They spontaneously became word-of-mouth promoters, and Sea Fortress quickly spread among many FPS gaming groups, gaining its first batch of core players!

Subsequently, due to its rapidly rising numbers, Sea Fortress received better recommendation spots on the official gaming platform.

But this alone would not have been enough for Sea Fortress to gain so many players and such high popularity.

Just at this time, Bullet Mark was also released!

After its launch, Bullet Mark spent a large amount of resources on promotion. Various advertisements flooded the market, and many video creators rushed to cash in, instantly bringing Bullet Mark to the attention of a large number of ordinary players.

According to the normal script, some of these people would drop out after entering Bullet Mark, while others would stay.

However, many players who had already played Sea Fortress immediately felt that Bullet Mark was garbage when they tried it!

The feel wasn’t satisfying enough!

The battle modes weren’t rich enough!

There was no story mode!

The payment model was much more predatory than Sea Fortress!

And even spending money couldn’t get you cool weapons like the Fire Qilin!

Bullet Mark had a realistic style, and some very expensive weapons at most had slightly better textures, which were far inferior compared to fully effects-loaded weapons like the Fire Qilin!

As a result, many people specifically went to Bullet Mark’s comment section to leave messages:

“Garbage game, completely outclassed by Sea Fortress!”

“The pride of domestic FPS games? Sorry, this title can only belong to Sea Fortress!”

“This game’s pay-to-win is too severe, and it’s brazenly greedy. I suggest you check out Sea Fortress.”

These comments filled Bullet Mark’s various comment sections…

Some were sincere, some were just trying to start fights.

After all, this world lacks many things, but never lacks people with too much time on their hands…

Originally, these comments weren’t that numerous.

But how could Bullet Mark players tolerate such insults? They immediately started arguing!

Both sides confronted each other fiercely, citing extensively and cursing profusely…

In short, the more they argued, the more lively it became, and the more people joined in!

Many players who had come just to watch the drama couldn’t help but join the debate when they saw the two sides arguing so fiercely…

So things became completely uncontrollable…

Many players who were attracted by Bullet Mark’s advertisements tried Sea Fortress out of curiosity and immediately found they couldn’t go back.

These two games weren’t even in the same league!

The story completely outclassed it, the feel completely outclassed it, and Sea Fortress was free, much more generous than Bullet Mark!

Thus, Bullet Mark became a connector. Those players attracted by the advertisements all ran over to the Sea Fortress…

After this series of events, Sea Fortress’s numbers exploded!

Not only did a large number of FPS game fans pour in, but many players who previously didn’t play FPS games much were also attracted!

Strictly speaking, Counter-Strike was still holding strong, with many old players persisting.

But just these newly flowing players were enough for Sea Fortress to make a huge profit!

Moreover, this was just the beginning.

Although Counter-Strike was good, it was ultimately just a single-player game, not convenient for playing with friends.

Sea Fortress was an online game with rich entertainment modes. In the long run, it would inevitably continue to erode Counter-Strike’s player base!

Apart from the Fire Qilin, the Sea Fortress was almost completely free. As one declined and the other rose, Sea Fortress’s future would inevitably be limitless!

…

Pei Qian felt paralyzed.

Was fate playing a joke on him???

How could he encounter such a thing?

He never imagined that Lin Wan, who seemed incapable of anything, actually had her channels.

Of course, strictly speaking, these weren’t her channels. She just happened to know some FPS gaming group admins and some influential players in the FPS game field due to her previous job.

These people had all been gathered by Tianhua Studio to make Bullet Mark.

As a result, the spark from these people, using Bullet Mark as dry grass, had ignited a prairie fire!

Pei Qian, who had wanted to assign blame, suddenly felt lost.

Who was to blame for this?

Blame Huang Sibo and Bao Xu?

They had indeed made this game according to what I said…

Blame Lin Wan?

She just found a batch of players as test subjects according to Huang Sibo’s request…

Tianhua Studio and Bullet Mark had helped quite a bit.

On one hand, they gathered so many opinion leaders among FPS players, and on the other hand, they frantically advertised, effectively promoting Sea Fortress.

But… releasing at the same time as Bullet Mark was also my own decision…

So could it be… that the blame lies with me???

Something seemed wrong…

Pei Qian couldn’t help falling into deep self-doubt.

This feeling was like having victory in hand, only to be suddenly swept away…

Pei Qian’s heart turned cold.

Three months, all for nothing!!

“Stay calm!”

“I need to save myself!”